Echo student artwork receives award at regional show

Published 4:00 pm Monday, February 27, 2023

Echo High School junior Keegin Chitty’s metal sculpture, “Metal Squid,” took honorable mention during the Eastern Oregon Regional High School Art Exhibition.

The yearly show is coordinated by Nightingale Gallery at Eastern Oregon University. The exhibit, which opened Friday, Feb. 24, runs through March 17 in Loso Hall on the EOU campus in La Grande.

Gallery director Cory Peeke said in a press release that the exhibit provides young artists with a unique experience that may often be their first opportunity to not only show their work but to exhibit alongside their eastern Oregon peers.

The exhibit features a variety of media representing the work of high school students from throughout the region, including Echo and Pendleton, as well as McLoughlin High School in Milton-Freewater.

The EOU Art Program faculty juries the exhibit. Award certificates, gift cards, sketchbooks and a variety of EOU swag is presented to the Best of Show winners in each grade level. Honorable mentions receive certificates.

Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, contact Peeke at cpeeke@eou.edu.